Laodike (daughter of Mithridates V)
Laodike († around 105 BC) was a daughter of Mithridates V of Pontus and married her brother Mithridates VI. from Pontos . When he made a stay in Asia Minor , she was unfaithful to him and, when he got home, wanted to dispose of him with poison, but was betrayed and executed. She had a daughter named Drypetine.
literature
- Felix Stähelin : Laodike 29). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XII, 1, Stuttgart 1924, Col. 711.
- Laodike [II 17]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 6, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01476-2 , Sp. 1131.
Remarks
- ↑ Justin 37, 3, 6ff .; Sallust , Historien 2, Fragment 76 ed. Maurenbrecher.
- ↑ Valerius Maximus 1, 8 ext. 13.
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| SURNAME | Laodike |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sister wife of Mithridates VI. from Pontos |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 105 BC Chr. |